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Awesome move! This completes our bullpen now... Knebel Hader Albers Logan Barnes Jeffress Suter/Gallardo

Corbin and Brandon Drury to play 2b.

Agreed, are we all forgeting that HH said Santana was traded to AL team? He's been right so far.

Curious what a package for Fulmer would look like... Start with Santana/Phillips and go from there?

I would love to add Oh as last bullpen piece.

Jesus, keeps getting better and better. We have to have one of the best OFs in MLB now.

And isnt the draft this year supposed to be pretty decent?

Yea really curious if we bring back Neil, I would really like him back. Would really change our lineup... Yelich Walker Braun Shaw Cain Thames Pina Arcia Thats a damn good lineup!

So what does our lineup look like after tonight and Santana being traded tomorrow... Im guessing... Cain Yelich Braun Shaw Thames Pina Villar Arcia Yelich and Cain are interchangable.

Im good with Salazar or Archer.

Please tell me he's headed to Tampa? Archer Anderson Davies Chacin Woodruff Nelson coming back HOLY ****!! I know that is better than in the past, but that rotation is still missing a real TOR starter. That isn't enough to push us past the Cubs, or the other big boys in the NL for sure. Archer is a NO for me, just don't see what all the fuss is about with him. High K's, that is great, but his ERA is trending in the wrong direction the past two years. I don't want the guy. You dont think DJ can help correct Archer?

Could it happen yet tonight?

Please tell me he's headed to Tampa? Archer Anderson Davies Chacin Woodruff Nelson coming back HOLY ****!!

Here comes Salazar!! Anderson Salazar Davies Chacin Woodruff Nelson coming back sooner then excepted OMG yes!

SO Im guessing Braun in LF, Cain in CF and Yelich in RF. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THIS RIGHT NOW!!! Bye, bye Santana.

Yea this offseason is getting super annoying... I will despise coming offseasons if this is how its gonna be going forward.

Morosi just on MLB Tonight... Said Marlins will only consider deal if they get Brinson in return. And he said to keep a very close eye on us.

I would assume if someone else was topping our offer, something would have trickled down trying to see if we will further increase our offer. I feel like this gets finalized in the next day or two. You think the deal gets done huh? I'm not sure what to think yet. I would love to see Yelich/Barraclough deal... Can you imagine Barraclough, Hader and Knebel? That's nasty boys type stuff there.

HighHeat, any news on if we put a deadline for decision on Yelich?

HighHeat said Darvish isnt coming to Milwaukee... And Archer has been he'll be a Ray in 2018. Not saying HH19 is wrong at all but that was 2-3 days ago and there has been no announcement. I can't imagine Rosenthal or anyone hasn't been able to scoop it if some front office knew 2-3 days ago. Yea good point, I hope we find out before OD.

You are correct. I meant to add Arrieta and Yelich as well. Regardless, I think the Brewers are adding an OF and an SP, one via trade and one via FA. I really hope so... I want Yelich/Arrieta or Lynn.

HighHeat said Darvish isnt coming to Milwaukee... And Archer has been told he'll be a Ray in 2018.

This whole thing is intriguing, and really only makes any sense if there are a lot of moving parts. Braun is our LF for the next 3-4 years. He's not going anywhere, so put an "X" there. Brinson and maybe Phillips go to Miami to get Yelich, locking up RF for the next five seasons. Cain gets signed, locking up CF for the next 4 seasons. Our OF is then more "proven," but also older and more expensive. That would seemingly get made up by trading away Santana for a team-controlled SP and/or 2B, and that would hopefully be a serious upgrade (with a lot of team control) in an area(s) of need. If we get a 2B, then we probably look to trade at least one of Villar/Perez/Sogard, even if that just gets us some teen-aged "lottery chips." If we get a SP, especially if we also sign a FA, then we potentially look to trade Woodruff as we would have a full MLB staff with guys like Burns and Ortiz getting ready to make the move to the majors. I don't know if this will work out, and it's something I wouldn't have imagined a couple of weeks ago, but it could turn us into a legitimate playoff contender for the next half-decade with just the guys on the MLB roster, while maintaining a lot of talent in the lower minors who will be ready to step up in the next couple of seasons, hopefully extending this out so it's not a "window," but a sustainably good team. Of course, the concern (if all of this does come together) is that we could have a lot of money in a few seasons going to guys in their mid-30's (Braun, Cain, Darvish/Arrieta/Cobb) and that could blow up on us. The hope would probably be that some of our remaining minor leaguers would be able to step in over the next few seasons to bring down the payroll and fill in if some of the older guys are declining. Of course, if Stearns is doing all of this now, he will not sit on his hands in the future, so anything I can dream up now will look completely different 12-24 months from now. Man, Stearns needs to make this happen! Our OF would look very nice and not to mention about much better our lineup becomes...

If they sign Cain will they still need to sign a starting pitcher? I can see Lynn being added to rotation.

Multiple 4 year offers.